Hospital Medicaid Proportions Linked to HELLP Syndrome Eclamptic Seizure Risk

Summary: A recent study found a troubling link between a hospital's funding and the safety of pregnant women. Women with a serious pregnancy complication called HELLP syndrome (which involves elevated liver enzymes and low platelets) are much more likely to have dangerous eclamptic seizures if they are treated at hospitals with a high number of Medicaid patients.

In hospitals with few Medicaid patients, the seizure rate for these women was only 0.9%. However, in hospitals with many Medicaid patients, the rate jumped to 3.5%. Interestingly, this difference didn't happen with severe preeclampsia. Researchers believe that looking at a hospital's Medicaid numbers can help show the true quality of care for managing HELLP syndrome.

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